Jill Sprecher

Sprecher grew up in the midwest town of Madison, Wisconsin and was an introverted youngster who loved to read. She was so shy that in high school she often ate her lunch in the bathroom, unable to face the social sharkpool of the school cafeteria. This experience would later translate into a similar scene played by Toni Collette's character in "Clockwatchers." Sprecher attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she majored in philosophy and literature. Drawn to the romantic vision of New York she had seen embodied in her favorite films, she moved to the city the day after she graduated from college and her journey toward her dream had begun.